Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 282

Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Occurrence: possible

Maximum length: 51 cm SL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: 5-70 m

Migration: oceanodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2014)

Source: bibliography

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Bay of Biscay and Strait of Gibraltar to Sierra Leone, including Madeira, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde; Congo to South Africa.